PART IX Summary Proceedings

General

F1137CATransfer of JP court proceedings within sheriffdom

(1)

Subsection (2) applies—

(a)

where the accused person has been cited in summary proceedings to attend a diet of a JP court, or

(b)

if the accused person has not been cited to such a diet, where summary proceedings against the accused have been commenced in a JP court.

(2)

The prosecutor may apply to a justice for an order for the transfer of the proceedings to another JP court in the sheriffdom (and for adjournment to a diet of that court).

(3)

On an application under subsection (2), the justice may make the order sought.

(4)

In this section and sections 137CB and 137CC, “ justice ” does not include the sheriff.